Friday, December 21, 2012

We Wish You a Merry Christmas...

We are off tonight to drive 12 long hours to be with my family for Christmas and I couldn't be more excited. Granted I will be more excited once the packing and drive are over...The kids are SO excited about Christmas this year it is going to be so much fun. Plus our baby will be celebrating his first Christmas which is extra special...


Wishing you and your family a wonderful Christmas!

Sunday, December 2, 2012

{light} up my life...

These kids certainly do... I've been wanting to get pictures like this for years, everyone makes it look so easy on Pinterest but it is not. Some how this year they all humored me and to my surprise I used my normal setting on my camera and really I couldn't be happier...


PIcking out oh Christmas Tree 2012...


We went and got our Christmas Tree last weekend which is the official start of the Christmas season as far as I am concerned (the kids think it is the elf's arrival, they are usually close:)... We don't have the most exciting tradition of getting our tree but it is tradition just the same. We get in the truck, drive down the street and pick out a tree. I pretend that the kids get to pick it but it is really me who has the final say because it needs to be perfect right? And we did good this year just wait and see...


{ten} months old...


Here we are already, 10 months have flown by... He is fondly known as "wrecker crane" on our house, because he constantly wants to be part of the action and is known to crawl into say a train set up and knock the whole thing down. But that is one of the many things I love about him! You can tell he is the 3rd, he does not like to be left alone for fear he will miss out and absolutely loves his brother and sister (even though they are a little rough on him)... I am shocked that he is not walking yet, he is very sturdy on his feet and pushes anything he can find around the house (laundry basket, boxes, chairs, you name it). He still eats like a champ. I have been trying to feed him what Charlie and I eat for dinner and he usually loves it. His favorite has been hamburg soup, I think he had 5 helpings the other night! He finally got his 2nd tooth, which again doesn't seem to bother him with his eating but seems crazy he is this old with only 2 teeth... We found out some news this week about his poor ears. We took him to be re-checked for the ear infections he has had and found out they are still there in both ears. The poor kid :( The doctor mentioned we should probably take him to ENT doctor to see if they think he should get tubes. Not what we wanted to hear, but we also don't want him with ear infections all winter (it is only November/beginning of December!). So we will see how that goes... Until then we are preparing for this babies 1st Christmas and trying to figure out what to get the kid that has everything already... Wish us luck!